The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 2, 2005
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.75° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.70° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.